Economics professor, Guardiola's assistant, debut at Braga... Who is Carlos Vicens, new OL coach?

A name. Carlos Vicens. And already an immense responsibility on their shoulders. That of making people forget Paulo Fonseca, who left hastily to join Sporting Portugal, leaving behind an Olympique Lyonnais deprived of its conductor. The context? It's hard to imagine worse. Beaten on Sunday evening in Brest (2-0), lacking offensive inspiration and shaken by the sudden departure of their coach, the Gones are moving forward without a real compass. It is in this very agitated atmosphere that the 43-year-old Spaniard arrives in the City of Lights, still unknown to the general French public.

An amateur career…

It all begins on the island of Mallorca, light years from Groupama Stadium. Juan Carlos Vicens Gómez grew up with football in his skin and the ambition, like so many others, to make it his profession. Trained in particular at RCD Mallorca, the young midfielder never managed to cross the doors of professionalism. He then continued his path in the Spanish lower divisions, passing…